Your Favourite Christmas Miracles & Feel Good Festive Stories...

[Jackass]

For most people, Christmas is a special time of year, where we rejoice with our families and show good will to your fellow man...

Other than giving the bin men a Christmas bonus and wrapping presents for the ones you love, I thought we could share some great Christmas stories that sum up the season for you and that could only happen at Christmas time...some mini Christmas miracles...they can be well known events, or maybe some events of Christmas spirit and good will that you may have experienced in your life...

One of my favourite Christmas stories is that of the 1914 Christmas truce that was called in 1914.

During the first world war, British & German troops climbed out of their trenches, meeting in no mans land, and exchanged gifts sum as Jam, Ciggarettes, Whiskey and Chocolate.

The men then took the time to gather the remains of their fallen commrades and even held a service to show respects for the dead.

This was later followed by a game of football between the men who only hours earlier were trying to killl eachother, before climbing back into the trenches and re-commencing the war...

A Brittish soldier wrote a letter home about the events of that day, with were later auctioned in 2006 and sold for STG£14,400.00.

This will be the most memorable Christmas I've ever spent or likely to spend: since about tea time yesterday I don't think theres been a shot fired on either side up to now. Last night turned a very clear frost moonlight night, so soon after dusk we had some decent fires going and had a few carols and songs. The Germans commenced by placing lights all along the edge of their trenches and coming over to us—wishing us a Happy Christmas etc.

They also gave us a few songs etc. so we had quite a social party. Several of them can speak English very well so we had a few conversations. Some of our chaps went to over to their lines. I think they've all come back bar one from 'E' Co. They no doubt kept him as a souvenir. In spite of our fires etc. it was terribly cold and a job to sleep between look out duties, which are two hours in every six.

First thing this morning it was very foggy. So we stood to arms a little longer than usual. A few of us that were lucky could go to Holy Communion early this morning. It was celebrated in a ruined farm about 500 yds behind us. I unfortunately couldn't go. There must be something in the spirit of Christmas as to day we are all on top of our trenches running about. Whereas other days we have to keep our heads well down. We had breakfast about 8.0 which went down alright especially some cocoa we made. We also had some of the post this morning.
I had a parcel from B. G's Lace Dept containing a sweater, smokes, under clothes etc. We also had a card from the Queen, which I am sending back to you to look after please. After breakfast we had a game of football at the back of our trenches! We've had a few Germans over to see us this morning. They also sent a party over to bury a sniper we shot in the week. He was about a 100 yds from our trench. A few of our fellows went out and helped to bury him.

About 10.30 we had a short church parade the morning service etc. held in the trench. How we did sing. 'O come all ye faithful. And While shepherds watched their flocks by night' were the hymns we had. At present we are cooking our Christmas Dinner! so will finish this letter later.

Dinner is over! and well we enjoyed it. Our dinner party started off with fried bacon and dip-bread: followed by hot Xmas Pudding. I had a mascot in my piece. Next item on the menu was muscatels and almonds, oranges, bananas, chocolate etc followed by cocoa and smokes. You can guess we thought of the dinners at home. Just before dinner I had the pleasure of shaking hands with several Germans: a party of them came 1/2 way over to us so several of us went out to them. I exchanged one of my balaclavas for a hat. I've also got a button off one of their tunics. We also exchanged smokes etc. and had a decent chat. They say they won't fire tomorrow if we don't so I suppose we shall get a bit of a holiday—perhaps. After exchanging autographs and them wishing us a Happy New Year we departed and came back and had our dinner.

We can hardly believe that we've been firing at them for the last week or two—it all seems so strange. At present its freezing hard and everything is covered with ice…

The letter ends...

There are plenty of huge shell holes in front of our trenches, also pieces of shrapnel to be found. I never expected to shake hands with Germans between the firing lines on Christmas Day and I don't suppose you thought of us doing so. So after a fashion we've enjoyed? our Christmas. Hoping you spend a happy time also George Boy as well. How we thought of England during the day. Kind regards to all the neighbours. With much love from Boy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_truce

Dean820

Fantastic story.

Captain Havoc

There is a film about this called Joyeux Noël and it's one of the most heart warming films you could ever watch.

Pdfile

i tipped a taxi driver two nights ago nearly 40 quid and today he seen me in town and gave me a lift home ( 7 quid fare )

deadly.